I love the previous reviews by Atheists about this show. How they loved it. I loved it too. The script, really got to me at times. In a good way. For instance when the Priest is talking to the rape victim and he asked her is she believes in God, and she tells him that the rapist took that from her. The Priest looks at her and says, " what a loss for god." I'm half way remembering, but there was no instant conversion, but because the acting is so on point, you believe him. I mean, this guy could possibly convert me if he existed! Love love love this show! I love it that they have mean Nuns, and wonderful ones. I love it that they have believers and non believers, and there is no shame or or making them out to be evil because of it. I got a glimpse of something beautiful for a few moments while watching. Very very good show. ! The acting superb, writing amazing. And this show goes there. For adults, not kids.

Intelligent, mostly well acted, but somewhat frustrating BBC mini-series. This story of a priest pulled into battle with the devil feels like it owes too much to 'The Exorcist' and 'The Omen' (among others) for the first episode or two, but then in increasingly develops it's own quirky, complex personality. I found myself ever more caught up.But then, it's let down by an ending less dramatic then what's been promised. We've told this is literally going to be the birth of the anti-Christ, the unleashing of all the demons of hell, etc.Spoiler!So when it turns out to be just a plot on the Pope's life, I felt very confused and disappointed. I felt like there must have been a last episode or two missing.Martin Shaw has a lot of strong moments as our hero Priest, but there are times the performance becomes more than a bit theatrical. Indeed, you could say that for a lot of the acting. Fun, but a bit 'actory'Overall I enjoyed it , I had just hoped for even more on both the visceral and thematic sides.

Father Jacob, played by Martin Shaw, is a British Catholic priest who is next in line to assume the Vatican's positions of chief exorcist. As you may guess, he is very talented at exorcising the demons of the possessed. The demons, fallen angles, are eager to take hold of human bodies, since they are tired of the suffering they must endure in hell. Roughly, this is how the story goes. Although the story line sounds quite ridiculous, I must admit that I was intrigued by the show. As an atheist, it took quite the suspense of disbelief to keep watching, but I found myself questioning interesting notions put forth and challenged throughout the show: Father Jacob lives in a world in which both demons and saints can possess people; a world in which Satan acts but God relies on faith; evils is apparent but good only implied. All in all, the show has decent entertainment value, some very nice acting, and an interesting (albeit a tad ridiculous) storyline. Unfortunately many of Apparitions' plot twists are left hanging in mid air, and many things remain unexplained by the end of the 6th episode. It seems like they may have had a little too much faith in their viewers to make sense of all of it.

I have seen the first episode of this show and there is a huge mistake: the guy who is supposed to be possessed is referred to as an atheist by father Jacob. An atheist is someone who doesn't believe. The guy was very much interested and definitely believed in God; he just chose the other side. That kind of belief is satanism, not atheism. I am agnostic (which means, to those who do not know, I believe that I just don't know whether God exists or not) and anti-religion. This show is full of superstitions, religious inaccuracies and lies. If they were more intelligent about it I would have enjoyed it even though I could never believe it. But they made atheism (by mistake maybe) and homosexuality to be the devil. People can believe anything they want as far as I'm concerned as long as they don't try to impose their beliefs onto others. And this show does impose their prejudice onto the viewer.